(Greensburg, IN) — Decatur County Memorial Hospital has been reawarded a three-year term of accreditation in nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material, ingested by the patient, to diagnose and treat a variety of disease, including many types of cancers, heart disease and certain other abnormalities within the body. MRI is a noninvasive medical test that utilizes magnetic fields to produce anatomical images of internal body parts to help physicians diagnose and treat medical conditions.
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Parameters and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field. Image quality, personnel qualifications, adequacy of facility equipment, quality control procedures and quality assurance programs are assessed. The findings are reported to the ACR Committee on Accreditation, which subsequently provides the practice with a comprehensive report that can be used for continuous practice improvement. Decatur County Memorial Hospital is also accredited in Ultrasonography, Mammography and CT. These accreditations are ongoing and updates every three years.
Mindy Busemeyer, Executive Director of Ancillary Services, says, “The American College of Radiology accredits facilities equipment based on many parameters. This process is very time consuming and meticulous and the radiology personnel, specifically Krista Abplanalp for MRI and Debbie Wolfinbarger for Nuclear Medicine, have done an amazing job at completing the accreditation process again this cycle.”
The ACR, founded in 1924, is a professional medical society dedicated to serving patients and society by empowering radiology professionals to advance the practice, science and professions of radiological care. The College serves more than 37,000 diagnostic/interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists with programs focusing on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.
Congratulations to the Radiology/Imaging Department for this prestige acknowledgment. For more information about Decatur County Memorial Hospital, visit www.dcmh.net.